When University of Missouri football star Michael Sam said the You Can Play project played a role in his decision to announce he is gay, it brought the national spotlight to a Denver-based initiative that has spent two years fighting for “fairness in the locker room.”

2. HIGH TIMES VS. COLORADO

The publisher of marijuana magazine High Times has sued the state of Colorado in federal court over the state’s rules preventing recreational cannabis businesses from advertising in most publications. Here’s why the magazine says the rules are unconstitutional.

It’s a dangerous time in Colorado’s backcountry. “We’re seeing avalanche runs larger than we’ve seen in the last 20 years,” Colorado Avalanche Information Center forecaster Spencer Logan said. In one case, crews dropped explosives from a helicopter to help mitigate the danger.

Big game hunting ultimately isn’t all that different from other sports. Win or lose, eventually the season comes to an end. Then what? For the vast majority, it’s back to the drawing board. So why not do some elk scouting on a Colorado elk hunter’s new website.

The owners of Boulder’s Sterling University Peaks apartments, who this summer were cited for illegally subdividing 92 bedrooms in the complex, have reached an agreement to settle the case for $410,000, the city announced Thursday.